Accounting at Queens College

What traits are you looking for in a accounting school? To help you decide if Queens College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's accounting program.

QC is located in Queens, New York and approximately 19,700 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 400 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from QC.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Accounting section at the bottom of this page.

QC Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree in Accounting

QC Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at QC compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at QC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Accounting. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	5
	10
	24
	25
	45
	71
	289
	316
	331
	701
	810
	828
	993
	1,010

In 2021, 121 students received their master’s degree in accounting from QC. This makes it the #26 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from QC Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at QC is $38,025. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting students.

Accounting Student Demographics at QC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the accounting majors at Queens College.

QC Accounting Bachelor’s Program

The accounting program at QC awarded 400 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 46% of these degrees went to men with the other 54% going to women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at QC since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 37% more racial-ethnic minorities in its accounting bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Queens College with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	179
Black or African American	30
Hispanic or Latino	73
White	79
International Students	29
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

QC Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 121 accounting students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from QC, about 45% were men and 55% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. QC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 68% of degree recipients. That is 32% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Queens College with a master's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	55
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	30
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

QC also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Accounting

If you plan to be a accounting major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Queens College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting	521

Related Majors

• Human Resource Management
• International Business
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Finance & Financial Management

Careers That Accounting Grads May Go Into

A degree in accounting can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Queens College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Accountants and Auditors	110,780	$96,300
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	104,580	$45,590
Financial Analysts	53,250	$137,270
Financial Managers	42,460	$210,510
Financial Examiners	9,030	$115,980

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.